CCNY’s greatest current celebrity is, oddly enough, an unknown entity. From City College’s perpetual dysfunctions to the student body’s collective relationship struggles, we’ve enjoyed the opportunity to pry into the lives and grievances of our peers through CCNY Secrets. The Campus had a unique opportunity to get to know the CCNY Secrets Facebook admin […]

Who cares about the reality star’s efforts to break the internet? Lots and lots of people Kim Kardashian has done it again. The 34-year-old reality TV fixture and mother bares it all in her nude photo-shoot with Paper magazine released earlier this week. After Kardashian crashed onto the social media scene in 2007 when her […]

How students feel about the sometimes scandalous Facebook page by Christal Somar City College is a rat, roach and bed bug infested academic institution whose student body consists of sex obsessed individuals. Well, only if you’re constantly viewing CCNY’s most viral Facebook page, CCNY Secrets. This popular site, run by an anonymous owner, is home […]

Students discuss proposed fees for Facebook by Shanika Sealy During Hurricane Sandy and the presidential election, many turned to Facebook to share their hopes, fears, comments and photos. But what if the social networking site charged users for posting? Facebook took a step toward becoming a fee-for-service site earlier this month, when officials announced that […]

How the campaign became an internet sensation by Mai Sabour. Before a few weeks ago, Walla Hassan had never heard about Joseph Kony, the violent Ugandan war lord. Like 100 of millions of others around the world, she learned about Kony via social media. “I heard about [him] by Facebook,” says 21-year-old Hassan. Like so […]

Can our homegrown site beat out Facebook and Blackboard on campus? By Denai Brown Have you heard of the social networking website Inyourclass.com? You should. It was started in 2009 by four friends at CCNY and currently has 4,500 members. “It was created so that students can actually do work,” says Arber Ruci, one of […]

Can Google+ Break Facebookʼs Dominance Among Students? By Martha Escobar. Social media has become highly addictive among students. In a recent study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 86 percent of college students used a social networking site, mainly Facebook, compared to 60 percent of the general population. For many, Facebook has evolved […]